Cash-register.



W. H. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.10,1902 1.

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CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1908,

1,015,825. Patented Jan. 30, 1912 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 R t $5.00 AL l r l fihecks fl Xi UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.WILLIAM H. MUZZY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED IN 1906.).

CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented an. 30,1912.

Application filed January 10, 1908. Serial No. 410,142.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MUzzY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cash registers and has more particular relation to improvements in registers of the multiple drawer type for use by a number of clerks keeping independent accounts.

The particular objectof the invent-ion is to provide a register of the type mentioned, so constructed that it will accomplish the desired results at a minimum cost and with a very simple operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a plurality of multiple drawers or receptacles, and a suitable simple checklng means whereby the amounts of sales of dlf ferent clerks can be readily ascertained and checked in connection with the cash in the cash drawers.

Vith these and incidental objects in view, the. invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential. elements of which are set forth in appended claims and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention, arranged for three clerks; Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse section through the same; Fig. 3 represents a detail perspective view of one of the drawer latches, its shaft, bell trip, etc; Fig. a represents a plan view of one of the checks; and Fig.5 represents a detail side elevation of one of the cover latches.

Described in general terms, the invention may be said to comprise a plurality of check receptacles arranged to feed checks of different denominations, and each of which is provided with a cover for protecting or guarding said checks. A ser1 es of cash receptacles are also provided together with connecting mechanism, whereby when any one of the covers is raised to permit access to the series of checks beneath it, the corresponding cash drawer is released and a cornormally held within the casing by drawer latch 4 which engages a bevel hook 5 secured to its rear wall. Each of the latches '-l is pivoted upon a transverse shaft 6, which is mounted in the base, and is normally'held up into operative position by one end of a coil spring 7 which surrounds said shaft and bears with its opposite end against the rear wall of'the'casing 1.

The shaftfi is provided near one end with an arm 8 carrying a stud 9 which projects into an elongated slot 10 formed in the lower end of a link 11. link, as best shown in Fig. 5, is provided with a stud 12, which projects through an eccentric slot 13 formed in a disk 14 which is fast to the journal pin 15 of one of the covers 16: for the check receptacles. The formation of the eccentric slot 13. is such that when the cover 16, is opened or raised,

the link llwvill be forced downward and will thus cause latch 4 to disengage from hook 5 and release the corresponding cash drawer. After the cover 16 is closed the drawer can again be re-lathed by the bevel hook 5, forcing the latch 4 downward against the tension'of its spring 7. Each disk 14 is provided with two V notches (16 and 17) into which a spring pressed plunger 1b mounted in a casing 19 is adapted to project to-hold thecover 16in its adjusted positions. Each of these. covers 10 normally covers or guards the upper ends of vertical check receptacles 20, each of which is provided with a transparent front wall 21. and a false bottom 32 mounted upon a vertically guided slide This slide is normally forced upward by coil springs 2- which connect it to the walls of the check receptacle. The checks arelimited in their 'The upper end of this "went under the izn V lugs 2% winch. pro sue over air at "the top. The checks i lied with suitable -adyertisernents, rmation, a consecnti xe number, tape the amount which is rep-- check, l will be seen that each clerk w. h aseries of cl r'prerely i0, 25, oil t t) arrangement of checks is pan setnl in, barber shops, sod

and "the iii 5, he sale of the oi-ne shaft which O on - Gil T d par/l hited in its distinguisl he clerl; lQll'lOVQS chm-l; the amount of the sale, the.

er again, and after making the finally closes his cash drawer the check to the customer as his to retain for rebates. clerk interfere or tamper with the checks 7, to any other clerk, or access tether clerlr s cash drawer without ringf l which would inform thef clcr'lr lnanthorized person was {enters 7 drawer and compartments.

the husino, is over, the conof the several cash. drawers are counted, these amounts checked against the which nave been removed from the "erent check receptacles. For instance, h set of checks, asbcfore stated, is convely numbered, and before starting n the morning, the proprietor takes ntive number of h i paring the conse 1e reins-lining checss, he

see just how many checks have been given. out from. each compartment, and by multiplying this number by the amount of the checks, he can quickly ascertain how much cash should be found in each cash drawer. By this means he has a complete check upon the "amounts oi the different transactions and the accounts of the several clerks are kept altogether separate.

it will, of course, be understood that any desired form of signal or cash receptacle can be employed in connection with the check receptacle, it only being necessary that access to the checks is prevented until the covers have been opened snliiciently to release the cash receptacle and bring the signal into operation,

While the form of device here shown and ihed is admirably adapted to fulfil the JQQlS primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not desired to confine the invention to one form of embodiment here disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in. various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

l l hat isclain" I i l. in. cash register, the combination with a series cash receptacles, of a series of cor spending check receptacles, covers for said check receptacles, a series of signals, and means for releasing the proper cash receptacle and operating the proper signal upon the opening of the corresponding check receptacles.

2, in a cash register, the combination with series of cash receptacles, means for feedsa d receptac es, and means for releasing the cash receptacles controlled by the covers of the check receptacles.

3. In. a cash register, the combination with a series of cash receptacles, of a series of check receptacles, pivoted covers for said check receptacles, latches for the cash receptacles, and means for operating the latches troni the pivoted covers.

l. In a cash register, the combination with a series of cash receptacles, of a series of check receptacles, covers for the check receptacles,h1eans for releasing the check receptacles by themovements of said covers,

* he checks in said receptacles, covers forios and means for holding the covers in their adjusted positions.

5. In a cash register, the combination with said receptacles, covers for the check recep- 01915, ami iatc-hes fer the cash drawers 2m ranged t0 m cpcmtea by sand covers.

and sounding its alarm upon the opening of the corresponding check receptacle cover 10 7: In a cash regisier, the combination with i In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 2!. phiraiit fcf cash. drawers, of a plurality in the presence of two Witnesses.

of check i'sceptacies, means far iceding WVILLIAM H. MUZZY.

aims is in mid. receptacles, cm'c; for the saic} reociutacies, a plurz-ziity of alarms, and i means fmr rcleaising a particular cash drawer Witnesses Nu FAmcz-m n, 3. A. Dams. 

